Packer and hitch therefor



J. BLEY PACKER AND HITCH THEREFOR Jul}? 31, 1923.

Filed May 5, 1921 a? ma T w Luvs Patented July 1923. l T

JULIUS BLEY, OF DUVAL,

SASKATCHEINAN, CANADA.

PACKER AND HITCH THEREFOR.

Application filed May 3,

To all wiromit may concern:

Be it known thatI; JULIUS BLEY, of the town of Duval, in the Province ofSaskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Packers and Hitches Therefor, of which the following is thespecification. i

y The invention relates to improvements in rect angle and draft for themake of plowto which it is attached. 1 V

A further object is to construct the part-s in a simple, durable andinexpensive manner.

.Vith the above more important objects in view the invention consistsessentially in a packer frame a pair of adjustablestay rods attachingthe packer forwardly and rearwardly to the plow frame and a steering rodconnected to the packer frame and to the plow tongue or tongue clevis,the parts being arranged and constructed as hereinafter moreparticularly described and later pointed out in the appended claims,reference being had tothe accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a sideview of the complete invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view at 33 Fig. 2 and looking towards the packerframe.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin the several fi gures.

In the present disclosure I have not considered it necessary to enlargeon the details of the plow construction as this forms no part of myinvention other than that the brace rods and steering rod which Iprovide are attached to the plow frame and tongue clevis. The rods andplow connections for the same can be designed to accommodate theexisting type of plow to which the hitch is applied.

Referring now to the drawing Numeral 1 represents the plow frame whichas is customary is supported at its for- 1921; serial No. scene.

ward end bya wheel 2 and at its rear end by a wheel 3, the wheels beingcarried at the lower ends of pivot posts f and 5. The post 4 which[is-the plow steering post is supplied at the upper end with a clevis 6to which the tongue or pole 7 issecured. [This arrangement is ofordinary construction and is such that when the tongue isswung to theside the'wheel 2 is turned and the plow is accordingly steered, theturning of the post 4 effecting also the turning of the rear wheelthrough the action of a-connecting rod 8 between the posts. y

Nrmerall) designates a packer which comnew prises an open sided mainframe 10 provided I with opposing bearings 11 which receive a crossshaft 12 on'which I mount'a plurality of rotating packer wheels 13. ATli'e" packer is vattached to the plow frame and tongue clevis in thefollowing way I Numeral 14 designates an angularly disposed bracerodihaving one end-adjust'ably connected at 15 to the outer side of "thepacker frame and the otherfsend pivotally connected at '16 tothercarpart of the plow -:.1

frame. Numeral 1 7 designates a-second brace rod having the rear endadiustably,

connected at 18 centrally to the front ofthe packer frame and the otherend connected pivotally at 19 to the front part of the plow the rearconnections are actually made by by pairs of nuts 21 and 22 threaded onthe rods.

Several adjusting openings 23 are provided in the packer frame so thatthe eye frame. As shown these brace rods cross and I bolts can beadjusted. The front ends of the .4

rods are attached to the plow frame by hooking themthrough eye bolts 24secured to.

the plow frame. To the clevis or to the plow pole I attach permanently abracket 25 which is adapted to swing with the pole.

This bracket is fitted with a laterally ex tending row of adjusting openings 26 and between the bracket and the inner, end of,

the packer frame I locate a steering rod 27 which is adjustably attachedto the packer frame by an eye bolt 28 similar to those 20 and isattached to the bracket by hooking the forward end of the said rod intoone or other of the openings 26. A turn buckle 29 is inserted in thesteering rod In attaching this packer to the plow the rods are adjustedas experience teaches, depending on the type of plow used, to give theproper angle to the packer and to insure of correct draft. Obviouslywhen the tongue is swung in either direction as occurs in the steeringof the plow the steering rod is moved forwardly or backwardly, dependingon the direction of turn and in such movement advances or recedes theinner corner of the packer frame and in so doing effects the turning; ofthe packer automatically in what ever direction the plow turns.

Obviously the joints between the rods and the packer and plow framesaccommodate all the various movements required as they are flexiblyarranged. One can vary the position of the packer very readily byadjusting the eye bolts in the various openings supplied in the packerframe and the amount of throw given the steering rod' can be increasedor diminished bymoving it out or in the row of openings 26.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The combination with a plow frame,the steering tongue therefor and a packer frame positioned rearwardly tothe side of the plow frame, of a pair ofcrossed rods adjustably andpivotally connecting the packer frame and to the plow frame and asteering connection between the tongue and the packer frame designed inthe swinging of the tongue to shift the inner end of the packer frame.

2. The combination with a plow frame, the steering tongue therefor and apacker frame positioned rearwardly to the side of the plow frame, of abrace rod extending between the outer front corner of the packer frameand the rear part of the plow frame, a second brace rod extendingcentrally from the front of the packer frame to a forward part of theplow frame and a steering rod extending from the inner front corner ofthe packer frame and attached to the steering tongue.

3. The combination with a plow frame, the steering tongue therefor and apacker frame positioned rearwardly to the side of the plow frame, of abrace rod extending between the outer front corner of the packer frameand the rear part of the plow frame and adjustably and pivotallyconnected to the packer frame and pivotally connected to the plow frame,a second brace rod extendingcentrally from the front of the packer frameto a forward part of the plow frame and adjustably and pivotallyconnected to the packer frame and pivotally connected to the plow frameand a steering rod extending from the inner front corner of the packerframe and attached to the steering tongue and adjustably and pivotallycon nected to the packer frame and to the tongue.

Signed at Duval, this second day of July,

JULIUS BLEY. In presence of GOTTFRIED FRANK, Gorrrnnn) ERLARDT.

